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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2006
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Rating: 1
Fished: 5/4/2006
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My neighbor went out trolling and reported back to me that the fishing was really slow. He was out four hours and didn’t even get a hit. He’s fished this lake a lot and knows all the gimmicks. At this...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/14/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2006
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5lb. "trip" caught on a Rapala Lure. Trolled the banks for 2 days. Fellow fishing buddy caught a native fish, about 3 - 3.5 lb., but sent it back into the water.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/18/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/7/2006
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Left midnight on Tuesday, 6/6/06, for Rufus Woods Lake getting there by about 5:30 that morning. I've always wanted to fish it, but never had a chance to try it. Its the lake where state record rainbo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/5/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2006
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Just spent a week at Rufus Woods, very hot weather and not so hot fishing. Early mornings at the net pens was good for trout.
We never did find any Walleye.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/15/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 7/8/2006
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Well finally got disgusted with the salmon fishing at the Brewster pool. It reminded me a lot of last year when all the water was getting spilled over the lower dams for the fish due to the judges ord...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 11/20/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 11/20/2006
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Went fishing 11-19-16 at Rufus Woods. I finally caught a fish here. It was about 3 Lbs.My brother in law Greg caught 2 fish slightly bigger than mine. We were using rainbow power bait and marshmellows...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/6/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/6/2006
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Fished Rufus Woods for 3 days. Cold, but when the fog burned off, beautiful. Caught 2 limits. Best fish was 8.5 lbs. Afternoons slow as the current picks up. Also got a walleye at 17 in. yielding...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/10/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/9/2006
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The weather was perfect for winter fishing; cold with light snow fall. The bite was average with the three in my boat catching our limits of triploids from 5 to 8 lbs. If you are having problems findi...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/11/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 12/9/2006
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This is the third trip this year (of many to come) and we had an exceptional day with the three of us in our party limiting. Our fish ranged from 5 lbs to 8-1/2 lbs. These fish are great fighters, a...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/15/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 1/13/2007
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Can you say cold. Probly not cause it was so cold your lips would freeze together but the fish didnt care. My buddies and I fished the net pins saturday and sundy with a little success biggest fish ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/19/2007
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/17/2007
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After a kick but day on Chelan putting the smackdown on Mackinaw,we decided to give Rufus Woods a try.Having had much sucess on Roosevelt in the past we figured it would be fairly simple,but it was no...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/25/2007
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Rating: 2
Fished: 2/2/2007
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Brrr. (5 guys + 2 boats) X 3 days = 4 trout. Not red hot. Trolled plugs, spinners, spoons, stillfished some.
Caught 3 fish off the bar by the net pens. All 3 on rapala plugs,5-10 ft down. 2 were 6# ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/6/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/6/2007
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Fished Rufus Woods on the Reservation side well down stream from the net pens. Sat. only caught a 4lb triploid between the 5 of us. Sun. was a different story with three of us limiting out on triplo...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/26/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 3/24/2007
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Had a great time fishing with my family. We all caught lots of fish. Check out the 20 pound 29 inch Carp.
By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/21/2007
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Rating: 4
Fished: 4/20/2007
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This was our third trip to Rufus.They say 3rd time is the charm. YEP! They are right. These nice Triploids, 3 lb. & 12 lb. were fooled by Bob F. of Woodinville, Wa., trolling the J-7 jointed Rapala or...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/3/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 9/28/2007
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Definitely improved since the month before, caught 2 -3 lbs. trout in about 2 hrs. sitting on the bank eatin diner and havin a beer. Ah the good life, fished the oil cans, with power bait, just me and...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/30/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/24/2007
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Fished Rufus Woods At the Chief joseph end, at the cans. May 24-26. Day 1-Fished from about 12 noon till 5 p.m. it was windy, the water level was down quit a bit. I fished from shore along with about...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/5/2004
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/5/2004
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Started out bottom fishing near Chief Joseph Dam and was nonproductive. We noticed everyone else was trolling so we did the same. We trolled at 30' - 60'. We caught two at 30' and had 2 more but los...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/21/2004
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Rating: 4
Fished: 3/21/2004
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Launched from Seaton's Grove around 7:15 A.M. and headed down to the first set of pens. We trolled the hump until around 11:00 A.M. with rapalas and didn't get a bite. We then headed down to the other...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/6/2003
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Rating: 3
Fished: 5/6/2003
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Water temp was at 49-51 degrees. Sunny and warm. Started about 6:30 am both days and quit at 5PM on the 30th and 2PM on the 31st. Tried a new method of fishing for me, trolling a fly. Used a Black W...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/27/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 12/27/2007
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A lot of fish, But way to many people. Wednesday I fished between the buoy and the dam, about 6-8 people was a little crowded but fishable. I caught my two fish but was casted over and tangled with ot...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 12/9/2007
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Rating: 5
Fished: 12/9/2007
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Where can floattubing flyfishermen go in freezing winter (December, January and February) to catch nice trout? A typical answer is nowhere because most of popular lakes are frozen in cold winter, but...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 2/13/2008
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Rating: 1
Fished: 2/8/2008
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fished Friday through Sunday very cold and icy lots of snow. Couldn't find any fish bigger than 12 inches all three days. Went to potholes Tuesday and went ice fishing caught a nice 6# rainbow on red ...
By: Anonymous
Posted: 1/21/2008
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Rating: 1
Fished: 1/18/2008
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Went fishing for three day at Rufus woods net pens. Terrible fishing all the fish we caught were small 6-10 inch fish. It's a ok place to fish if you like combat fishing with 75 other people shoulder...
By: jbd482
Posted: 4/14/2008
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Rating: 5
Fished: 4/12/2008
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We were using a black jig guy there let us borrow. Worked great for catch an release. A friend and I were there between 2:00-6:30pm an caught 6 rainbow.1 4# rainbow and the rest were 1.5-2#. When we w...
